I remember as a kid how much I anticipated the first snow. I would start looking at the sky in early November to see signs of flakes. For me, winter brought a whole new world of possibilities and play - snow forts, sledding, skiing, snowballs!
I remember how I awed at each unique snowflake. [...]
Empoword co-founders and Chief Empowerment Officers, Wendy Lutter and Stephanie Ross, will be on the radio tomorrow - Monday December 1. FM 107.1’s Stephanie Hansen will be interviewing Lutter and Ross around 2pm (CT) during her segment on Cool Women Doing Cool Things.
You can listen to the interview online at www.fm1071.com.
Comments(2) by Renée Barnow, Guest Blogger
Gratitude, one of my favorite words is included in Action Based Communication™’s (www.actionbasedcommunication.com) Supporting Words Catalogs, is also a word Empoword cherishes. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is dedicated to gratitude with people gathering to enjoy the warmth of family and friends, the bounties of the table, and the plenitude [...]
by Ruth Bachman, Guest Blogger
Exercise has been part of my life for over 30 years. It is a part of my weight management strategy and I know it is good for my general health! I currently “work out” 5-6 days a week focusing on cardio and strength at a moderate level. For [...]
Balance is a buzz word these days. Everybody wants it. Few feel like they have it.
Do you ever wonder if balance is even possible? At Empoword, we think it is. In fact, we think it is closer than it seems.
Think: tightrope walker. Balance is key to their survival. [...]
Comments(0) Being in balance is about accepting the imbalanced nature of life. Balancing is a dynamic activity, one that demands perpetual movement. Feeling “out of balance” is about feeling unstable, scattered and insecure in those movements. In some way - physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually - we have lost our internal steadiness.
Here are three [...]
Balance.
What comes to your mind with that word? As a visual person, my inner screen immediately conjures a slide show featuring a succession of images: the guy who balances spinning plates on tall, thin poles (are you old enough to remember Sunday nights with Ed Sullivan?) That blindfolded gal who’s holding the carefully balanced scales [...]
I’m not awake 5 minutes and the words start bombarding me: crisis, failure, bailout, recession, challenge, worst since.
Do you ever wonder how many times you have heard the word “crisis” in the last 2 months? Ever thought about what that is doing to your body, mind and spirit?
Every time I hear the word, I [...]
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” - Deepak Chopra
“The belief that there’s a way to organize our time so that everything stays in balance can lead to the conclusion that there’s something desperately wrong with our unbalanced ways. Perhaps a more livable truth is that we’re jugglers rather [...]
Two weeks ago, Hillary Clinton was in Minneapolis to stump for Al Franken. But before she headed off to the massive crowds at the Franken rally, she made a stop at a small fundraising event of her own to help her pay off her campaign debt. My mom and I were fortunate to [...]
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